Recent content by eshia5857

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    Solving for the Direction of an Airplane in a Windy Flight

    There is an attachement in one of the previous parts of this post but I have figured out how to solve it now, and an putting the finishing touches on it, so that it is accurate in everyway. Also I was really confused when I started the problem, take another look at your diagram. My original...
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    Solving for the Direction of an Airplane in a Windy Flight

    Thank you for the last part of your comment it got me really thinking about it again and now I have something more concrete to try, fingers crossed.
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    Solving for the Direction of an Airplane in a Windy Flight

    Alright, sorry I was finally able to get an image onto this site, and built up the courage to let you see how wrong I am. I am certain that I am doing something wrong and I have looked at this problem so many times that I thought my eyes would cross. I have to know what is wrong with my logic...
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    Solving for the Direction of an Airplane in a Windy Flight

    Homework Statement An airplane, whose air speed is 580 km/h, is supposed to fly in a straight path 38 degrees N of E. But a steady 72 km/h wind is blowing from the North. In what direction should the plane head? Relevant Equations Pythagorean theorem Law of sines Attempt at a...
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    High School Tutorial: Vectors - Basics & Questions

    Thank you very much I appreciate any opportunity to get better at this. You are awesome, and the tutorial helped to clear up some issues I was having, now I can finally move on to something else.